The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, June 26, 1940
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 AM
12:42 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 216
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 262.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -0.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.99° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.01° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.